Young Water Fellowship Program: Empowering Young Leaders

Deadline: 16 May 2018

Applications are open for the Young WaterFellowship Program to empower young leaders from low and middle income countries to implement projects to tackle water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), water pollution and water scarcity issues, by offering them an intensive training program, seed fundinggrants for their projects, and mentoring support by senior level experts during one year.

The YWF 2018 will focus on social entrepreneurship. Young people with social businesses ideas (or projects that can be turned into social businesses) that address water-related issues are welcome to apply.

Each year, this program brings about 10 young community leaders capable of successfully designing and implementing sustainable and inclusive water initiatives that significantly improve living conditions in their communities, while contributing to the achievement of SDG #6 (water and sanitation for all).

Mentorship: Fellows are assigned water and business mentors according to their needs, who provide technical support and guidance

Project Implementation: Fellows are provided with opportunities for seed funding up to €5000 for their initiatives

Eligibility Criteria

Conditions to apply:

Be 18 to 30 years old at the time of the application

Be the founder or co-founder of an initiative that contributes to the solution of a well-defined water problem in applicant’s country. The initiative should be in its initial stages and have the ability to be turned into a social enterprise (i.e have a long-term sustainability component or business model).

Be a resident from low and middle income countries (mentioned below).

have a valid passport and be available to attend a workshop in Europe from August 13th to September 14th 2018 (note that these dates might be subject to change),

All training costs are covered by the organization (flights, transportation in Europe, accommodation, meals), but participants must cover their visa expenses and transport costs to the closest international airport in their country of residency.